KARACHI: Sindh remained in the grip of hot and dry weather on Sunday with Dadu being the hottest place in the country where mercury shot up to 45 degrees Celsius, said a Met official forecasting similar weather conditions for Monday.

The weatherman told Dawn the provincial capital, owing to its location along the Arabian Sea, was relatively cooler as the sea breeze made some incursions to keep the mercury at 40 degrees Celsius on the scale.

The official said the second hottest areas in the province on Sunday were Moenjodaro, Nawabshah, and Mithi and Chhore in Thar desert located on the southeast tip of the province where mercury touched the mark of 44 degrees Celsius.

He said that Jacobabad, Larkana and Rohri in the upper Sindh and Badin in the lower Sindh also remained in the grip of hot weather with mercury scaling up to 43 degrees Celsius and at Hyderabad the highest temperature recorded on Sunday was 42 degrees Celsius.

The highest temperature recorded in Sukkur was 41 degrees Celsius – two degrees less than that of Rohri with 43 degrees, which is located opposite Sukkur across the Indus River.

The coastal city of Karachi was though relatively cool the highest temperature recorded on Sunday was 40 degrees Celsius and lowest at 26 degrees Celsius with humidity – the amount of moisture in the air – being at 44 per cent.

The weather in the city is expected to remain hot and dry on Monday with the minimum temperature ranging between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius. Elsewhere in the province, the weather on Monday is expected to remain hot, very hot and dry, according to the weatherman.